Events archive

The current paradigm for theory construction assumes that there are few coincidences among physical observables. Yet, a number of observed coincidences seem particularly meaningful for life. For some of them, we might soon find an explanation within physics. Some other "explanations" are currently beyond (established).

In his talk, Andrea Rota suggests drawing on the philosophical analysis of social ontology and collective intentionality to revive empirical work on collective forms of religiosity.

FBK participates in the 17th ICTDays, dedicated to the theme ‘Humans, Robots and Artificial Intelligence’.

Sociologia istituzionale e prima storia moderna: Fonti e metodologie.

FBK - IRVAPP's Davide Azzolini and Federico Podestà participate as speakers at the OECD Capacity building initiative - Strategic planning bootcamp for Ukraine’s regional development

Once again this year, young researchers from the Euregio Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino are invited to present their research work at the fourteenth Euregio project. This year's central topic is ‘Artificial Intelligence in the Euregio’ discussed from a wide range of perspectives. Submission deadline 6 April 2025

Seminar that documents the extent of employer abuse of power and characterize the employers most likely to engage in abusive relationships with their employees.

Piero Poletti and Giorgio Guzzetta of FBK are part of the scientific committee for the session on ‘Integrating and modelling to enhance surveillance, understanding and forecasting in infectious diseases’.

Identifying the Hate Speech Threat Landscape and Countermeasures.

FBK's Stefano Merler speaks at the panel discussion ‘Doctor or robot? The prospects of artificial intelligence in infectious diseases' at the 10th AMIT International Congress.

This seminar will consider emerging theistic conceptions of AI and their connections with other conspiritual and neo-liberal modes of meaning making and aspirational imaginaries. Professor Dr Singler’s work on the relationship between religion and AI provides new perspectives on cultural forms arising from this entanglement.

A conservation-and-transformation process is doubly at work in the diachronic survey of cinematic avatars of Count A. K. Tolstoy’s 19th c. French-language novella introducing the Slavic vampiric figure of the “vourdalak” as well in the disintegration and reconfiguration of the family structure that these films depict or suggest.